Folksworth

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Folksworth is a village in Cambridgeshire

Other current and historical names

Folchesworde

Built-Up Area: Folksworth
Parish/Community: Folksworth and Washingley
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°29'42"N 0°18'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 514713, 289915
OS Grid: TL147899
Mapcode Local: GBR GZ8.D0Y
Mapcode Global: VHGL1.KK13

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Folksworth within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Folksworth in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Folksworth, par. and hamlet, Huntingdonshire, 6½ miles SW. of Peterborough, 867 ac., pop. 201.

Folksworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Normancross hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketilbert of Folksworth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 6 mixed measures

British Place Names

Folksworth, Cambridgeshire

Folksworth is a village in Cambridgeshire

Folksworth in historic gazetteers

Folksworth in the Domesday Book